Month: July 2010

US Airline Traffic Rises in June

US Airline companies have reported their June 2010 traffic
results. Airlines traffic, measured in billions of revenue passenger miles,
increased from an improvement in the global economy, improved business travel,
international traffic and rising fares. Airlines are increasing their capacity
in order to restore profitability and posted higher unit revenue growth for the
month of June.

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Boeing Predicts Airline Growth for Next 20 Years

Boeing Company, the World’s
largest manufacturer of airliners, released its 2010 Current Market Outlook estimating
a $3.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes in the next 20 years.
Boeing’s projection of growth is based on the recovery witnessed in world
economies and strong demand for fleet addition and replacement.

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Republic Airways Holdings June Preliminary Traffic Up 118%

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. announced June total traffic of
1.97 billion revenue passenger miles, compared to 0.90 billion revenue
passenger miles last year. Capacity for the period was 2.29 billion available
seat miles, compared to 1.14 billion available seat miles last year. System
load factor for the month rose to 86.0% from 79.0% in the year-ago period.

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